Details of your catches:

Total of 21 fish caught, water level very low and found fishing very hard all week. Fished this venue 2 years ago and feel the loss of fish last year has had a huge impact on the venue!! Ricky did break the catfish record and grass carp record so he had a great week. Well done ricky.😊 Catfish 84lb Grass carp 40lb 6oz

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

All anglers fished boilies from A2 baits with some particles used. Most fish came from opposite side of lake from the facilities!!

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities were great and had everything that we needed.

Were you happy with them?

Yes very happy with all facilities.!!

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

No not at present, will keep an eye on catch reports and may return when the venue is back to its best.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes would definitely recommend angling lines, the service and booking process is so straight forward and always happy to help.

General Comments:

Many thanks to angling lines for their services, we will be in touch very shortly as will be rebooking to fish another lake in 2017!!

Details of your catches:

x3 grass Carp 28lb,26lb 6oz & 38lb 8oz x6 common Carp 16lb 10oz to 27lb 2oz, x20 Mirror Carp 13lb 8oz to 50lb 0oz x11 Cats 15lb to 67lb 0oz (Total 29 Carp & 11 Cats) Carp Breakdown x6 Doubles, x10 Twenties,x9 Thirties,x3 Forties, & x1 Fifty.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

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Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities Basic but very clean & Tidy and much improved since previous visit.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Hosts Both Bernard & Sophie Very friendly and helpful.

General Comments:

This was our second visit to the lake having originally visited in 2009 and the fish have flourished during this time, the lake has changed with part of the margins having been dug out to increase the water depth, whilst this has improved the lake the island has been re-sculptured to be now joined up with the far bank and therefore create less of an area for the fish to migrate from one bay to the other, this has subsequently created 2 distinct bays (Opinion from our party was this has not improved the lake). The weather all ways place a part in the fishing conditions perhaps more so in France than the U.K with the temperature variation being so extreme, however all of our party caught and we have booked again to return in 2017.

Details of your catches:

5 anglers fished we only had 9 fish out, 3 catfish to 49lb, 6 carp upto 36lb nearly all fish were caught at night

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

single boilies with a scattering of boillies, ccmoore live system proved best

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes

Were you happy with them?

yes plenty of fridge and freezer space pretty basic but plenty good enough

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes

General Comments:

we fished this place 2 years ago and had nearly 60 fish out more or less same tatics so we know how good this place is. Water was really low and very warm weather & the fish were very lethargic but that's fishin 4 u, still had a great time with great host.

Details of your catches:

We had 22 carp in total & 3 cats. Carp - one double, 3 twenties, 15 thirties, 2 forties and a 51lb’er! On the Wednesday afternoon (between 1pm & 5pm) I had 3 x 37lb+, 2 x 40’s & the 50! Biggest cat was over 50lb & we lost 3 others... who knows how big they were as I couldn't do anything with them! Unbelievable fishing!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Linda caught a lovely 30lb+ Grassie and a 20lb common on Sunday night but I’d only caught catfish up to Monday morning - the cats were loving the fishmeal boilies! Finally found the fish on Monday afternoon (RH bay behind small peninsula) & swapped to tinned Tigers over pre-prepared parti-blend and started catching carp at last. Wind pushed into far corner (facilities side, under the big willows) & the fish followed it. Fishing then became unbelievable - I stopped fishing Wednesday at 5pm & let Linda have my swim, frankly I was knackered! The Wednesday afternoon catch (see above) goes down as the best 4 hours carp fishing I've had in my life - & I've been carping for 40 years! Hopefully the video will give you a feel for it! The fish definitely move away from noise & pressure (I was catching just about as far away from where I was fishing as possible & I promise you I tried closer!) My tip would be to create as little disturbance as possible & unless you want to catch cats avoid the fishmeal boilies.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes - very good

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Without hesitation!

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes of course

General Comments:

I was fishing with Linda Latham to shoot the new venue video & we had a great session. I predict this will become a real big carp water in the next few years because I caught so many healthy 35lb+ carp that will definitely grow on. A great venue!